Morrissey, 36, is the father of Lyric Cook-Morrissey and uncle to Elizabeth Collins who were found dead in a county park last month after going missing on July 13.

Morrissey is charged in a domestic abuse and drug case.

The Gazette reported that District Court Judge David Staudt ruled it would be unlikely to find an impartial jury in the area and approved the move to Davenport.

A court survey conducted before the girls were found dead established that a majority of potential jurors in Black Hawk County had a fix opinion about Morrissey's guilt or innocence.

The Gazette reported that Morrissey is facing four trials, and Staudt ordered that the first to go will be a case stemming from an October 2011 incident where authorities said Morrissey was found inside a vacant home with meth.

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